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We may rotate based on down and distance. I still think Bryce at FS is his best position. Don't know enough about Thornton's skills to comment. May see Damari there sometimes as well.
 
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Calinative said:
Though I still don't really expect BOTH Lyle/Brown to be here post-spring...
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I'm with you on this. If it's between Brown/Lyle - Fingers crossed that Brown stays.

And CWH - I'm surprised didn't portal.

No fault of his own, it's just a numbers crunch - but I don't see a path to him playing.
 
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bshaw28 said:
I'm with you on this. If it's between Brown/Lyle - Fingers crossed that Brown stays.

And CWH - I'm surprised didn't portal.

No fault of his own, it's just a numbers crunch - but I don't see a path to him playing.
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I'd say opposite. If between Lyle Brown I'd probably prefer Lyle stay. He was definitely bad this yr but I think people are overrating Brown a bit at this point. Like He's solid. But imo he was substantially worse than Fletcher this yr. And honestly do I think he is THAT much better than Lofton used as a RB or even what Mallory would likely provide? Immediately sure, but long term? Meh

Really the main benefit I see to Brown is that Fletcher is still *** as a Receiving threat imo So Brown gives the bigger back role who can still be useful as a receiver and blocker, which is why in the playoffs he was the guy on the field in some of those clear passing drives....but my response to that is why can't Lofton be used like that? Go 4 WR with Lofton as RB in those situations!!

And ultimately as bad as Lyle was, I'd rather have the possibility of him actually developing and playing to his potential. Like there is still hope it was mainly lower body injury holding him back. And simply I think Browns Body Type already has 3 other guys on this roster that are similar.

CWH at least has KR job probably along with Lyle. But yeah I thought him and Lyle were 100% portalling out. But with Pringle returning I don't see any way he's really earning many snaps. But if he sticks around he will still have another 2 yrs to go start elsewhere, and if he's making more as a depth /ST contributor here than maybe the 2nd guy elsewhere it's not a bad setup. Make your money and develop for 3 years and play a lil, then final 2 yrs go and try to start...

Also I'd just say given our strength absolutely appears to be WR and RB, and TE is MAJOR weakness.... We obviously need to be doing 10 + 20 personnel.
 
We have so much depth everywhere except QB and OL. There are plenty of guys on our 3 deep that would start at 3/4 of the other GayCC schools
 
I'm hoping some unsuspected guys come out and take jobs nobody expected. Not predicting any of these but like a Dylan Day or Upshaw at WR or Cole McConathy or one of the OL.

Anyone have a dark horse prediction for a returning player?
 
Replacing 4 OL makes me nervous. Luckily that’s where Mario & Mirabal specialize

Also depth is always a concern in today’s transfer portal era - we have depth at WR, RB, and at DB. But LB seems thin and so does DT

We stayed relatively healthy this year which helped us make a deep run, hoping for the same next year
 
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nvlahos said:
Replacing 4 OL makes me nervous. Luckily that’s where Mario & Mirabal specialize

Also depth is always a concern in today’s transfer portal era - we have depth at WR, RB, and at DB. But LB seems thin and so does DT

We stayed relatively healthy this year which helped us make a deep run, hoping for the same next year
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We're not thin at DT. Find me a school that has a better depth chart than ours.
 
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Calinative said:
I'd say opposite. If between Lyle Brown I'd probably prefer Lyle stay. He was definitely bad this yr but I think people are overrating Brown a bit at this point. Like He's solid. But imo he was substantially worse than Fletcher this yr. And honestly do I think he is THAT much better than Lofton used as a RB or even what Mallory would likely provide? Immediately sure, but long term? Meh

Really the main benefit I see to Brown is that Fletcher is still *** as a Receiving threat imo So Brown gives the bigger back role who can still be useful as a receiver and blocker, which is why in the playoffs he was the guy on the field in some of those clear passing drives....but my response to that is why can't Lofton be used like that? Go 4 WR with Lofton as RB in those situations!!

And ultimately as bad as Lyle was, I'd rather have the possibility of him actually developing and playing to his potential. Like there is still hope it was mainly lower body injury holding him back. And simply I think Browns Body Type already has 3 other guys on this roster that are similar.

Also I'd just say given our strength absolutely appears to be WR and RB, and TE is MAJOR weakness.... We obviously need to be doing 10 + 20 personnel.
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I agree on the position groups - I love them except TE. I was a huge fan of Lofton but my expectations for him are pretty low now.

CharMar Brown - He was huge at critical times of big games for us - the last drives of the ND, OSU, and Ole Miss games. Would you feel good about Lofton or Lyle playing RB on those drives? I wouldn't.

Jordan Lyle - It's unfortunate, but he just isn't that good. Which makes him dangerous. Like...Ajay Allen's had more of an effect on us winning than Lyle.

Lyle's big plays are only in late 4th Quarter of blowout games. His meaningful carries - both as a Freshman & Sophomore - haven't been good.

You have to put A LOT of stock into that Wake Forest game to think otherwise.

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bshaw28 said:
I agree on the position groups - I love them except TE. I was a huge fan of Lofton but my expectations for him are pretty low now.

CharMar Brown - He was huge at critical times of big games for us - the last drives of the ND, OSU, and Ole Miss games. Would you feel good about Lofton or Lyle playing RB on those drives? I wouldn't.

Jordan Lyle - It's unfortunate, but he just isn't that good. Which makes him dangerous. Like...Ajay Allen's had more of an effect on us winning than Lyle.

Lyle's big plays are only in late 4th Quarter of blowout games. His meaningful carries - both as a Freshman & Sophomore - haven't been good.

You have to put A LOT of stock into that Wake Forest game to think otherwise.
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He was "huge" in critical times, because he's the one they put on the field. If they put Fletcher in those moments, I think it'd have pretty much done the same honestly. So the reality should maybe have been more having Fletcher for those scenarios and having had Pringle worked in more earlier in the game too... Plus If they got more Pringle involved I think he can be a real receiving threat. I think people have been overly critical on his pass blocking... But sure if you say in big moments you wouldn't have wanted to rely on him thats fine, but throught the game? especially 1st halves....

I think Lyle could certainly be a receiving option and likely a fine blocker. He's built quite well. And again those late moments where like we had Brown in because we were in clear pass situations... Wouldn't say Lyles run efficiency really would be a big negative.

But again my main point is I don't think Brown has a big ceiling, and we have 1 guy just plainly better in Fletcher, and 2 more who could probably deliver at least 90% of what he does in Lofton and Mallory already.... Lyle IF he can get to the ceiling or something close provides something much different. Either way I'd still think Pringle is RB2. This is a RB3 competition. Basically I don't see any way Brown should be more than RB3, wherease IF Lyle truly played to his potential I wouldn't be surprised to see him overtake for RB2.... which is Why I'd prefer to take the shot on him still.
 
It’s an embarrassment of riches the likes of which have not been seen since 2002.

Fellas, we have come a long way from Brian Monroe getting reps at receiver.
 
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